Word: stepped
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...most antiquarian and arguably cruel of ceremonies. People trek to the senate house at 9 a.m. and find out their fate," he says. In the past, the person with the worst score would then step forward and have a wooden spoon dropped on his head from the balcony, he says. "Everything's public and aboveboard; there's none of this I.D. number business...
...provide inexpensive entertainment for those who couldn't afford the club system. The clubs' elitism was taken down a notch when Harvard, then the clubs, began to admit Jews to their ranks in numbers after the quota scandals of the 1920s. In the 1950s, Harvard took the next step and allowed Black students to live in the Yard; the clubs eventually admitted Blacks...
...look after infants so that Mother could rest. The glamour trains of the early 20th century, the ones that ferried tycoons cross-country, stopping for fresh strawberries along the way, could not compete with the airlines or the new federal highway system. By the end, when Amtrak had to step in, service had deteriorated out of existence...
...Nothing positive came out of this," junior Neil Phillips said. "No one on our team is a better player after this game. We just took a huge step backwards...
Never underestimate a mother's devotion. Last October, when Cathy Phelps Mahone, 32, of Dallas learned that her Jordanian ex-husband had violated a court order and taken their daughter Lauren, 7, to the Middle East, she tried every possible step to get the child back. When legal channels failed, Mahone turned for help to several retired U.S. Army antiterrorist specialists and joined them in a bold "rescue mission...